This is a list of Indian Air Force personnel who have received awards for gallantry related to their service.
Param Vir Chakra[edit | edit source]
Maha Vir Chakra[edit | edit source]
- Harcharan Singh Manget[3][4]
- Ajjamada B. Devaiah[5]
- SK Kaul
- Ramesh Sakharam Benegal
- Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar
- Madhavendra Banerji
- Harcharan Singh Manget
- Cecil Vivian Parker
- Chandan Singh
- Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj
- Padmanabh Gautam (awarded twice, in 1965 and 1971)
- Jag Mohan Nath (awarded twice, in 1962 and 1965)
- Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
- Minoo Merwan Engineer
- Mehar Singh
Vir Chakra[edit | edit source]
- Amar Jit Singh Sandhu[6]
- Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)[7][8]
- Ranjan Dutt
- Alfred Tyrone Cooke
- Krishan Kant Saini[9][10]
- Trevor Keelor[11][12]
- Denzil Keelor
- Lawrence Frederic Pereira
- Virendera Singh Pathania
- Ajay Ahuja[13]
- Abhinandan Varthaman[14]
- Vinod Neb[15] (Received twice (bar to VrC). Once in 1965 and 1971.)
- Manish Arora
Ashoka Chakra[edit | edit source]
Kirti Chakra[edit | edit source]
Shaurya Chakra[edit | edit source]
Vayu Sena Medal[edit | edit source]
(This list is not complete)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "IAF scales 3 virgin peaks in Ladakh region". Hindustan Times. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ "Batchmates remember of IAF's lone Param Vir Chakra awardee recall his valour". The Indian Express. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ↑ "Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget". Bharat Rakshak.
- ↑ Chakravorty, B. (1995). Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners. 237: Allied Publishers. p. 387. ISBN 9788170235163.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Service Record for Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu 4705 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ↑ "PM condoles Air Commodore Jasjit Singh's death, calls him inspirational military leader". Business Standard. IANS. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ "Former Directors of IDSA". Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ Gazette of India, 11 January 1964 – No.3 – Pres/64 dated 1 January 1964
- ↑ "Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force -". Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ↑ Sabre Killers - Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ↑ 'Sabre Killers – Keelor Brothers' from Old Martinians' UK Archived 27 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 2007
- ↑ "SQUADRON LEADER AJAY AHUJA | Gallantry Awards". gallantryawards.gov.in. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gallantry Awards | Ministry of Defence, Government of India". www.gallantryawards.gov.in. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ↑ "Service Record for Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Neb 8189 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Press Information Bureau". www.pib.nic.in. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ "Ashoka Chakra". bharat-rakshak.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ↑ "Medal Rack". E B R. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ↑ "Martyred Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala joins elite IAF club tomorrow – Times of India". indiatimes.com. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ "IAF commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala awarded Ashok Chakra for role in Kashmir encounter that killed six terrorists. – Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ "SQUADRON LEADER DENZIL KEELOR | Gallantry Awards". gallantryawards.gov.in.
- ↑ "Vir Chakra (VrC), Awardee: Air Mrshl Denzil Keelor, PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC, VM @ TWDI". twdi.in.
- ↑ "IAF helicopter crash: Lone survivor had close call last year, got Shaurya Chakra for gallantry". The Indian Express. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ↑ "Who is Group Captain Varun Singh? Know about lone survivor of IAF chopper crash". Hindustan Times. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.